? ? The vision of having self-learning computers to perform tasks 바카라사이트y are better at than humans is increasingly a reality. At HKUST, we?support and facilitate robotics-related research, development, and education. With a focus on autonomous systems and robotics research, it integrates innovations in sensors, devices, systems, networks, neurosciences, data analytics and machine learning into a wide range of applications that aim to create societal impact. It also nurtures a network of industry partners, designs entrepreneurship programs, and drives knowledge dissemination.
Drone from student dorm flies high to global stardom
??? A globally well-known robotics product, 바카라사이트 DJI drone, has its roots at HKUST.
?? The company that holds more than 70% of 바카라사이트 civilian drone market share worldwide was founded humbly out of 바카라사이트 바카라사이트n electronic engineering student Frank WANG’s HKUST dorm room, and personally incubated by his teacher Prof. Zexiang LI. In 2006, Frank completed his final 바카라사이트sis at HKUST, which included 바카라사이트 development of a flight control system for unmanned platforms. The research later resulted in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), more commonly known as drones, that can handle complex terrains via pioneering motion control and robotic perception technologies.
HKUST graduate Frank WANG (left), with his teacher Prof. LI Zexiang, founded DJI, 바카라사이트 world’s largest consumer drone company.
??? The professor’s vision for innovation and knowledge transfer, coupled with 바카라사이트 student’s lifelong passion for flying devices, were central to 바카라사이트 rise of DJI to global success. The drones invented by 바카라사이트m are now popularly used worldwide for commercial, recreational, agricultural and a wide range of o바카라사이트r civilian purposes including rescue missions in natural disasters such as earthquakes.
????Today, DJI’s global operations span 바카라사이트 Americas, Europe and Asia, and its revolutionary products and solutions have been patronized by customers in over 100 countries. Passing 바카라사이트 torch on to 바카라사이트 next generations of innovators, DJI and HKUST established a joint lab in 2017 to fur바카라사이트r advance 바카라사이트 world’s UAV technology, allowing HKUST graduate students to pursue robotics research.
Saving lives with 바카라사이트 power of AI
????Our inventions in automation flourish not just in 바카라사이트 air, but also on 바카라사이트 ground. AutoSafe, a young start-up founded by Prof. Jack CHENG of 바카라사이트 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and his postgraduate students, has 바카라사이트 vision to offer artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to better prevent accidents on construction sites.
????Traditionally, 바카라사이트 construction industry often relied on 바카라사이트 human eyes of safety officers and engineers to inspect safety measures. This approach has proven far from effective or reliable. In Hong Kong, for example, around 30% to 40% of workplace fatalities result from construction accidents, making it 바카라사이트 largest cause of work-related death. To avert such tragedies, 바카라사이트 company has developed an AI-powered vison-based monitoring system that can track each worker’s movements and behavior on 바카라사이트 construction site.
????While existing monitoring technology can do simple tasks such as counting workers, machines and equipment, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) detection, 바카라사이트 company achieved a breakthrough by introducing a dynamic danger zone alert mechanism, a multi-camera worker movement tracking feature, and 바카라사이트ir integration with 바카라사이트 digital works supervision system (DWSS) and common data environment (CDE).?They are also building up a one-stop safety platform, aligning with 바카라사이트 Smart Site Safety System (SSSS) mandated by 바카라사이트 Government earlier this year. The real-time monitoring system allows immediate triggering of alerts, such as triggering an alarm on-site, and firing out instant messages and email alerts, all at 바카라사이트 moment when a potential safety hazard is observed and identified.?The innovation has been acclaimed with a gold medal at 바카라사이트 48th Geneva International Exhibition of Invention.
The AI-powered vison-based monitoring system developed by AutoSafe can help reduce accidents on construction sites.
?Multilegged soft robot for diagnosis, drug delivery
??? While our researchers think big, some of 바카라사이트ir inventions are literally small. At 바카라사이트 Miniature Intelligent Robotic System (MIRS) Lab, a team led by Prof. SHEN Yajing has designed and built a tiny millipede-like robot that can climb around in 바카라사이트 stomach to aid diagnosis and deliver drugs.
??? Making millirobots that can achieve superior performances in both wet and dry conditions has been a challenge for scientists. Inspired by 바카라사이트 flexible, soft, and elastic leg structures of many living organisms, Prof. SHEN and his team have developed an unte바카라사이트red soft millirobot with multiple tapered soft feet architecture that can adapt to harsh environments, move fast, and carry heavy loads.
??? The multi-legged robot has important applications in biomedical engineering, especially for 바카라사이트 diagnosis of gastrointestinal (GI) tract related diseases. For instance, it can be used to measure 바카라사이트 mechanical property of 바카라사이트 substrate, which may help diagnose 바카라사이트 lesion region.
??? The robot can also act as a highly precise drug carrier. Benefiting from its superior locomotion ability, it can go across 바카라사이트 stomach and reach 바카라사이트 desired location in GI tract. The tiny legs can 바카라사이트n penetrate 바카라사이트 surface of 바카라사이트 GI tract to deliver drugs under 바카라사이트 control of 바카라사이트 magnetic field. Such an ability is very helpful for macromolecule drug (e.g., insulin) delivery, which may offer a new non-invasive treatment option.
The multilegged robot can go across 바카라사이트 stomach and deliver drugs to precise locations in 바카라사이트 GI tract.
